St. Mary's Catholic Church (Caldwell, Idaho)

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St. Mary's Catholic Church
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The former St. Mary's Catholic Church in 2019
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Location616 Dearborn, Caldwell, Idaho
Coordinates 43°39′52″N116°41′29″W / 43.66444°N 116.69139°W / 43.66444; -116.69139 (St. Mary's Catholic Church)
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Built byMcNeel, H. J.
ArchitectTourtellotte & Hummel
Architectural styleItalianate Romanesque Revival
MPS Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No. 82000332 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

St. Mary's Catholic Church is a red brick, Italianate Romanesque Revival building designed by Tourtellotte and Hummel and constructed by H.J. McNeel in 1925 in Caldwell, Idaho. The church features an 80-ft tower, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2]

Originally intended as the Church of the Immaculate Conception, [3] the building was known as St. Mary's Catholic Church by 1930 or earlier. [4]

The church was designed to seat a congregation of 300 persons, [5] and it remained in service as a Catholic building until 2003, when larger Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church opened in Caldwell. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Mary's Catholic Church". National Park Service . Retrieved February 7, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Contract Let for $16,000 Church at Caldwell". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. September 29, 1925. p. 8.
  4. "Thomas Burns' Body Will Lie in State". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 8, 1930. p. 7.
  5. "Construction of New Church Under Way". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 3, 1925. p. 7.
  6. Mike Butts (April 18, 2002). "Court interpreter provides Spanish speakers access to courts". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 1.
  7. "Deaths". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 18, 2003. p. 5.

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